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Well many Corbyn supporters and wider left-leaning voters are surprised/delighted that the Labour leader managed to make significant gains on the Conservative party. Theresa May could not secure a majority and recent polling has shown that Labour could indeed win an election if it was held now. It was such a dramatic turnaround but how did he manage it? This Channel 4 video is definitely worth a watch, to see how Corbyn came from nowhere and shook the electoral landscape...

The average pay has dropped by 0.4 per cent, new figures have a revealed - a day after news broke that inflation has shot up to 2.9 per cent. Even taking into account bonuses real average weekly earning, taking account of inflation, decreased by 0.4 per cent and by 0.6 per cent excluding bonuses. Today’s figures are the first time average earnings, including bonuses, have gone into decline since 2014. GMB says the squeeze in pay and living standards is more evidence the...

Conservative’s flawed economic plan exposed once more as average pay drops even including bonuses GMB says the UK desperately needs a pay rise as average real terms wages drop once again. Even taking into account bonuses real average weekly earning, taking account of inflation, decreased by 0.4% according to today’s figures – and by 0.6% excluding bonuses. Today’s figures are the first time average earnings, including bonuses, have gone into decline since 2014. Just yesterday ONS figures showed inflation has...

Londoners who wish to help the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster can donate clothes, food, blankets and toiletries to one of three drop off centres in west London. A call out has been put out to anyone in the area who is able to help after a fire ravished the Grenfell Tower in the early hours of the morning. Met Police have reported “a number of fatalities” following the fire in North Kensington, and several hundred people have been left homeless....

The heartbroken husband of a woman killed in the Manchester terror attack urged people to "choose love" as he bravely spoke at her funeral. Tony Kiss and daughter, 12-year-old Millie, gave heartfelt messages at the touching service for mum-of-three, Michelle Kiss, who was killed as she waited for her daughter after the Ariana Grande concert on Monday May 22. Tony and their children Dylan, 20, Elliot, 17 and Millie, 12, walked behind the hearse from their home to the local...

Jeremy Corbyn tried to pass through a law that would required private landlords to make their homes safe and “fit for human habitation” last year - but it was rejected by the Conservatives. Labour proposed an amendment to the Government’s new Housing and Planning Bill – a raft of new laws aimed at reforming housing law - in January last year, but it was rejected by 312 votes to 219. Although the law doesn't directly pertain to the tower, it did highlight fundamental flaws...

An action group for Grenfell Tower accused their landlords of been "evil, unprincipled" and like a "mini-mafia" before a fire ravaged the building this morning. More than 50 casualties have been taken to five hospitals following the inferno, London Ambulance Service chiefs have confirmed. A helicopter ambulance was among dozens of 999 crews scrambled to the scene, but ambulance were unable to confirm the severity of their injuries. A Met Police spokesman said there have been a number of fatalities...

More than 50 casualties have been taken to five hospitals following the Grenfell Tower inferno, London Ambulance Service chiefs have confirmed. A helicopter ambulance was among dozens of 999 crews scrambled to the scene, but ambualnce were unable to confirm the severity of their injuries. Stuart Crichton, LAS assistant director of operations, said: "We have now taken over 50 patients to five hospitals across London following the incident at Grenfell Tower. "Over 100 of our medics are working hard to...

GP Dr Louise Irvine who stood against Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt on a National Health Action Party platform has penned a blistering defence to the Conservative minister’s speech on election night which accused her of lying about his record and his motives as Secretary Of State for Health. (See video below.) Mr Hunt took to the stage after winning the South West Surrey seat and accused Dr Irvine, who has previously mounted legal challenges against his hospital cuts, of telling falsehoods during...